Wednesday Spill: Happy 93, Ed Frascino!; Fave Photo Of The Week: Cartoonists Turn Out For Kurzweil Book Event

Happy 93, Edward Frascino! The Spill wishes the wonderful Ed Frascino a very happy birthday. His latest cartoon appears in this week’s issue of The New Yorker (see it here in this slideshow of work). Mr. Frascino’s A-Z entry:  Edward Frascino  Born, Bronx, NY. (“near the zoo”), November 15, 1930. New Yorker work: September 4, 1965 – . Collection: Avocado

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Weekend Spill: Barbara Smaller Guests On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast; Tilley Watch Online, October 16-20, 2023; Q&A with Daryl Seitchik; Excerpt…From Lila Ash’s “Decodependence”

  Barbara Smaller Guests On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Barbara Smaller (lower right), who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1996, joins the Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast co-hosts Beth Lawler (upper left), Paul Nesja (upper right), and Nicole Chrolavicius. Listen here (it’s episode #129 for those keeping track).  __________________________________________________________________________ Tilley Watch Online, October 16-20, 2023 An end of

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Weekend Spill: Lincoln Center’s “View Of The World”; The Tilley Watch Online, August 28 – September 1, 2023; An Interesting Bound Volume

  Lincoln Center’s “A View Of The World”  I came across this poster online today. My first thought was: geez, even Lincoln Center got in on the Steinberg “View Of The World” phenomenon. I then reread the pertinent passages from Deirdre Bair’s Saul Steinberg: A Biography to help jog my memory of the details surrounding Steinberg’s ultra-famous New Yorker cover; if

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